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" I was lame-footed; and how when he died, though he had not been dead an hour, it seemed as if he had died a great while ago, such a distance there is betwixt life and death... "
Spirit of the English Magazines - Page 262
1822
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Chambers's Cyclopaedia of English Literature: A History Critical ..., Volume 3

Robert Chambers - Authors, English - 1903 - 888 pages
...especially ; and how he »sed to carry me upon his back when I was a lamefooted boy— for he was a good bit ngs arc inimitably tender, sweet, pathetic, and humorous,...long ago, \Vhcn iirst you were my bride ; The corn tot afterwards it haunted and haunted me ; and though ' did not cry or take it to heart as some do,...
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The works of Charles Lamb, ed. by W. Macdonald, Volume 1

Charles Lamb - 1903 - 386 pages
...could not walk for pain ; — and how in after life he became lame-footed too, and I did not always (I fear) make allowances enough for him when he was impatient,...hour, it seemed as if he had died a great while ago, 206 such a distance there is betwixt life and death; and how I bore his death as I thought pretty well...
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Elia and The last essays of Elia

Charles Lamb - 1913 - 484 pages
...could not walk for pain ; — and how in after life he became lame-footed too, and I did not always (I fear) make allowances enough for him when he was impatient,...had been to me when I was lame-footed ; and how when lie died, though he had not been dead an hour, it seemed as if he had died a great while ago, such...
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Essays of Charles Lamb

Charles Lamb - English literature - 1904 - 460 pages
...— and how in after-life he became lame5 footed too, and I did not always (I fear) make allowance enough for him when he was impatient, and in pain,...seemed as if he had died a great while ago, such a 10 distance there is betwixt life a"nd death ; and how I bore his death as I thought pretty well at...
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The Hawthorne Readers, Book 4

Edward Everett Hale (Jr.) - Readers - 1904 - 440 pages
...mile when I could not walk for pain. In after life he became lame-footed too, and I did not always (I fear) make allowances enough for him when he was impatient...lame-footed; and how when he died, though he had not yet been dead an hour, it seemed as if he had died a great while ago, such a distance there is betwixt...
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Essays of Elia. First Series

Charles Lamb - English essays - 1905 - 352 pages
...— and how in after-life he became lame5 footed too, and I did not always (I fear) make allowance enough for him when he was impatient, and in pain,...seemed as if he had died a great while ago, such a 10 distance there is betwixt life and death; and how I bore his death as I thought pretty well at first,...
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The Fifth Reader

Readers, American - 1905 - 474 pages
...mile when I could not walk for pain. In after life he became lame-footed too, and I did not always (I fear) make allowances enough for him when he was impatient...lame-footed , and how when he died, though he had not yet been dead an hour, it seemed as if he had died a great while ago, such a distance there is betwixt...
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The British classical authors: with biographical notices. On the basis of a ...

Ludwig Herrig - English literature - 1906 - 844 pages
...not walk for pain; — and how in after-life iso he became lame-footed too, and I did not always (I fear) make allowances enough for him when he was impatient,...pain, nor remember sufficiently how considerate he had iae been to me when I was lame-footed; and how when he died, though he had not been dead an hour, it...
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The Short-story: Specimens Illustrating Its Development

Brander Matthews - Literary Criticism - 1907 - 410 pages
...could not walk for pain ; — and how in after life he became lame-footed too, and I did not always (I fear) make allowances enough for him when he was impatient,...bore his death as I thought pretty well at first, but afterward it haunted and haunted me ; and though I did not cry 01 take it to heart as some do, and...
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The Essays of Elia

Charles Lamb - 1909 - 444 pages
...could not walk for pain ; — and how in after life he became lame-footed too, and [ did not always (I fear) make allowances enough for him when he was impatient...considerate he had been to me when I was lame-footed ; 25 and how when he died, though he had not been dead an hour, it seemed as if he had died a great...
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